Privacy Policy

MERI Podcast ("MERI", "we", "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit meri.et, why we collect it, and the choices you have over your data.

By using our website, you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the site.

We keep what we collect to the minimum needed to run the site, improve it, and communicate with you. We collect:

• Contact information — your name and email address when you contact us, suggest a guest, or request a partnership.
• Usage data — anonymised information about how visitors use the site, such as pages viewed, referring websites, and rough geographic region.
• Technical data — browser type, device type, and operating system, used to understand what our audience views on.

• Details that could directly identify you as an individual, such as your full address, date of birth, or national ID.
• Payment or financial information — we do not sell products or process payments on this site.
• Sensitive personal data, unless you choose to share it with us voluntarily in a contact message.

We use the information we collect to run and improve the site, understand which episodes and articles interest our audience, and respond to your messages. Contact details you provide are used only to reply to you or to follow up on your enquiry.

We use PostHog to understand how visitors use the site. PostHog collects aggregated usage data such as page views, unique visitors, top pages, traffic sources, and device types. This helps us know what content to create next.

Analytics only run after you accept our cookie notice. You can change your choice at any time, and stopping analytics does not affect your ability to browse the site. See our Cookie Policy for full details.

Several aspects of the site rely on trusted third-party providers:

• YouTube — podcast episodes and video content are embedded and played via YouTube. Watching an embedded video is subject to YouTube’s own privacy policy.
• PostHog — privacy-friendly analytics, configured to record only anonymised usage data.
• Cloudinary / media hosting — images and media files are served from hosting providers that may log standard server access data.

We retain contact messages long enough to respond to and resolve your enquiry, and we keep aggregated usage statistics for as long as they are useful to us. If you would like us to delete information you have sent us, contact us using the details at the bottom of this page.

Depending on where you are located, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or delete it, and the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. To exercise any of these rights, contact us and we will respond within a reasonable time.

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the most recent revision, and significant changes will be reflected here. Continued use of the site after changes are published means you accept the updated policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, email us at info@meri.et. We do our best to respond promptly.